Towards a model of the intervention process

Lewis, Michael; Piercy, Niall; Phillips, Wendy; Palmer, John

Abstract

© Policy Press 2015. This paper explores the challenging circumstances when one part of government decides that the performance of a subsidiary part is unacceptable and arranges some kind of remedial intervention. Following the detailed analysis of a series of four central local government interventions we develop a model of the intervention process that combines the type of problem addressed (service-specific and/or corporate) and approach to intervention available (challenging and/or supporting). In addition to extending current conceptual understanding of this under-researched phenomenon, the work generates a number of specific practical insights for future intervention policy.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Nov 21, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 20, 2016
• Journal: Policy and politics
• Print ISSN: 0305-5736
• Electronic ISSN: 1470-8442
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 255-271
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655927
• Keywords: intervention, central government, local government
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/836584
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655927
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Available online: 17 October 2013. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Policy and Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Lewis, M., Piercy, N., Phillips, W. and Palmer, J. and Welsh Assembly Government (2015) Towards a model of the intervention process. Policy and Politics, 43 (2). pp. 255-271. ISSN 0305-5736 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655927; Corporate Creators : Welsh Assembly Government
• Contract Date: Feb 20, 2016